Gung Hay Fat Choy

Or Gong Xi Fa Cai if you speak Mandarin. ("Gung Hay Fat Choy" is Cantonese).

It's the Year of the Ox and here's hoping this year is a little more uplifting.

My husband is half-Chinese so I spent the weekend enjoying delicious Malaysian Chinese food. (Malaysian Chinese food is an epicurean mix of Malaysian, Thai and Chinese cooking spiced by India).

I thought I'd share a video of lion dance with everyone:



And here's an article about a mother/daughter Chinese New Year bonding experience. Note the daughter attends a Mandarin immersion kindergarten.